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Grand Austria Hotel
Game Description
Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of modern Vienna, where elegant cafés compete to attract an elite clientele. Inspired artists, influential politicians, and tourists from every corner of the world flock to the streets, all in search of perfect accommodation. This is your golden opportunity to transform your modest café into a prestigious, world-renowned hotel. In Grand Austria Hotel, you'll need to hire qualified staff, satisfy the desires of your most demanding guests, and win the Emperor's favor to secure victory in your hotel management project. Prepare for a compelling strategic challenge for 2-4 players, with games lasting approximately 120 minutes. Published in 2015 by Lookout Games, this title will catapult you directly into the heart of Viennese hospitality.
The beating heart of Grand Austria Hotel is its innovative dice mechanism. Each turn, the first player rolls the dice, which are then sorted by value and placed on specific action spaces. By choosing one of the six available actions, the strength of your move will depend on the number of dice present in that space, adding a crucial tactical decision element to your action choice. After removing a die, you can perform additional actions. Use these opportunities to acquire the necessary drinks and dishes, prepare rooms for new arrivals, or recruit efficient staff to help you in the daily management of your hotel empire.
But no hotel can prosper without prestigious guests. Attracting the right customers and satisfying their complex requests will grant you important bonus actions, crucial for your growth strategy. Staff cards also offer unique advantages, but with only seven rounds available, every decision counts. You won't be able to do everything you want, so whoever makes the most astute choices and best utilizes bonus action opportunities will prevail. Thanks to 116 different cards and an always-new game setup, Grand Austria Hotel offers high replayability, ensuring that each game is a unique experience and requires new tactics and strategies.
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Rules - Grand Austria Hotel
In "Grand Austria Hotel", players take on the role of café owners in modern-era Vienna, with the goal of transforming their business into a world-renowned hotel. To achieve this, it is necessary to satisfy guests' wishes, hire qualified staff, and gain the emperor's favor, thereby accumulating victory points. The game unfolds over seven rounds, at the end of which the player with the highest score is declared the winner.
At the beginning of each round, the first player rolls a set of dice, which are then sorted by their value and placed on six different action spaces. During their turn, a player chooses one of these action spaces. The number of dice on the selected space determines the power or quantity of the action that can be performed. After performing the action, one die is removed from that space, making subsequent actions less powerful for other players in that same round.
The main available actions allow players to:
- Acquire the beverages and dishes necessary for room service.
- Prepare hotel rooms to welcome new guests.
- Hire staff cards that offer advantages and special abilities.
- Attract new customers and complete their orders, often unlocking important bonus actions.
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